Articles
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Security means more with Firefox 74
The release of Firefox 74 is focused on security enhancements: Feature Policy, the Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy header, and removal of TLS 1.0/1.1 support. We’ve also got some new CSS text property features, the JS optional chaining operator, and additional 2D canvas text metric features, along with the usual wealth of DevTools enhancements and bug fixes.
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Future-proofing Firefox’s JavaScript Debugger Implementation
Optimizing the integration of Firefox Developer Tools with the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine has resulted in many benefits, including the new asynchronous call stack tracking now available in Firefox Developer Edition. In this post you can learn how that was done, down to detailed changes to memory management.
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Securing Firefox with WebAssembly
Protecting the security and privacy of individuals is a central tenet of Mozilla’s mission. While we continue to make extensive use of both sandboxing and Rust in Firefox to address security challenges in the browser, each has its limitations. Today we’re adding a third approach to our arsenal. RLBox, a new sandboxing technology developed by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Texas, Austin, allows us to quickly and efficiently convert existing Firefox components to run inside a WebAssembly sandbox.
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WebThings Gateway Goes Global
A walkthrough of what's new in the WebThings Gateway 0.11 release, which lets you build your own web things with the latest WebThings Framework libraries. The biggest change in this release is that we now reach WebThings Gateway users in 24 languages beyond English, thanks to translations from WebThings community members around the world. Thank you.
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Firefox 73 is upon us
Today we’ve released Firefox 73, with useful additions that include CSS and JavaScript updates, and numerous DevTools improvements. We’ve added to CSS logical properties, pushed performance forward in the Console and the Debugger, and improved the WebSocket inspector. Thanks to all for the ongoing DevTools feedback.
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It’s the Boot for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1
The Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol is the de facto means for establishing security on the Web. The newest version, TLS 1.3, improves efficiency and remedies the flaws and weaknesses present in earlier versions. In October 2018, we announced our plans regarding TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 deprecation. Now's the time for us to make this change together and move the TLS ecosystem forward.
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The Mozilla Developer Roadshow: Asia Tour Retrospective and 2020 Plans
November 2019 was a busy month for the Mozilla Developer Roadshow, with stops in five Asian cities —Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, Singapore, and Bangkok. Today, we’re releasing a playlist of the talks presented in Asia, with subtitles available for all these talks in languages spoken in the countries on this tour: Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai, as well as English. We covered CSS Subgrid, Mixed Reality, Web Compatibility, and more.
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How we built Picture-in-Picture in Firefox Desktop with more control over video
A behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of the Picture-in-Picture player for the Firefox Desktop browser. This feature is now available for MacOS, Linux and Windows users. From the beginning, it's been shaped by your feedback and inputs, with user agency as a core principle of our design and development.
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Firefox 72 — our first song of 2020
Though we are moving to a more frequent four-week browser release cycle, the Firefox 72 release is feature-rich and full of goodies. It includes many requested DevTools' updates and improvements. We also introduce Shadow Parts and the CSS Motion Path, and useful new JavaScript features. Plus, Picture-in-picture for video is now enabled for Mac and Linux users too!
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Presenting the MDN Web Developer Needs Assessment (Web DNA) Report
The first annual MDN Developer Needs Assessment aims to represent the voices of developers and designers working on the web. We've analyzed the data provided by more than 28,000 completed surveys, and we've identified 28 discrete needs, sorted into 14 different themes. Four of the top ten needs relate to browser compatibility, our #1 theme. Documentation, Testing, Debugging, and Frameworks round out the top five.
